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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA
is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).

These data were collected to gain a better understanding of
the living arrangements of persons 65 and older in the United States.
The collection includes four related files. The Complete Person Extract
hierarchical file (Part 1) contains data for households with one or
more members aged 65 or older. These data consist of household records
followed by varying numbers of person records that were extracted from
CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980: [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE
MICRODATA SAMPLE (C SAMPLE): 1-PERCENT SAMPLE (ICPSR 8114) for all
fifty states. The three rectangular files (Parts 2-4) are "complex
household" subsets of the Complete Person Extract file. Complex
households are households containing three or more persons and
households containing two persons who are not related by marriage.
There were 47,878 such households identified, containing 157,940
persons of whom 62,873 were 65 and over. The Complex Households file
contains selected variables pulled from the PUMS housing records. The
People and Elders in Complex Households files contain selected
variables pulled from the PUMS person records, and specify kinship and
other relationships for all persons and all elders 65 and older in
complex households. Two additional rectangular data files (Part 6 and
Part 7) containing all households and persons have been extracted from
the original hierarchical file (Part 1).

These data were collected to gain a better understanding of
the living arrangements of persons 65 and older in the United States.
The collection includes four related files. The Complete Person Extract
hierarchical file (Part 1) contains data for households with one or
more members aged 65 or older. These data consist of household records
followed by varying numbers of person records that were extracted from
CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980: [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE
MICRODATA SAMPLE (C SAMPLE): 1-PERCENT SAMPLE (ICPSR 8114) for all
fifty states. The three rectangular files (Parts 2-4) are "complex
household" subsets of the Complete Person Extract file. Complex
households are households containing three or more persons and
households containing two persons who are not related by marriage.
There were 47,878 such households identified, containing 157,940
persons of whom 62,873 were 65 and over. The Complex Households file
contains selected variables pulled from the PUMS housing records. The
People and Elders in Complex Households files contain selected
variables pulled from the PUMS person records, and specify kinship and
other relationships for all persons and all elders 65 and older in
complex households. Two additional rectangular data files (Part 6 and
Part 7) containing all households and persons have been extracted from
the original hierarchical file (Part 1).

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Dataset(s)

WARNING: This study is over 150MB in size and may take several minutes to download on a typical internet connection.

Scope of Study

Universe:
Households with at least one member aged 65 and over, and
persons in those households in the United States.

Data Collection Notes:

These data files can be merged with each other using
the household identification variable, HID. A person identification
(PID) uniquely identifies each person in a household. The Complete
Person Extract hierarchical file contains both household records and
person records for households with at least one person 65 and over
residing. The detailed record layout for this file is exactly the same
as that found on the original PUMS file. For description of the Census
variables in this file, refer to the Public Use Microdata Samples
Technical Documentation. Columns 161-162 in the Elders in Complex
Households file do not contain valid data and should be ignored. The
data contain blanks.

Methodology

Sample:
One percent Census sample.

Data Source:

U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census.
CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1980: [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE
MICRODATA SAMPLE (C SAMPLE): 1-PERCENT SAMPLE (ICPSR 8114)

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1989-12-15

Version History:

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 5 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 5 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.